I think I've posted here about my fascination with this case. I used to teach in the area where all this happened.

It's still a scary place. There are so many vacant and overgrown buildings that I could see a hamsterdam type dump house happening. In fact I think they did find some women's bodies in a house a few years ago.

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The friend told investigators that he went to a restroom at the park and when he came out, Bernstein had walked off, Braun said. "We do not believe foul play was involved at this point, and the friend is only a witness, not a suspect or person of concern."

i suppose that was the police being coy, especially when you read in the queerty article that the friend/likely murderer had scrapes and dirt under his fingernails when they interviewed him.

Two days after Bernstein’s body was found, a 20-year-old former high school classmate named Samuel Woodward was arrested for his murder.

Police have not yet given a motive for the murder of Bernstein, who was gay and Jewish, or determined whether it should be considered a hate crime. But Woodward told police that Bernstein tried to kiss him when they were in his car together. And, one source told ProPublica, Woodward “was as anti-Semitic as you can get.”

ProPublica revealed Friday that Woodward was a member of a neo-Nazi group called Atomwaffen Division, considered to be relatively small but outsize in its hatred. With that revelation, those monitoring far-right hate groups noted that members of this specific neo-Nazi group are alleged to have committed five murders nationwide in the past year.

like even if you figure "okay he smacked his head something fierce" how did he get across the country and what did he do for 6 days? if he used a credit card or something, would that not have popped up on someone's radar? did he have a shit load of cash on him while skiing? how did he travel and how did he travel wearing a fucking ski outfit?

Ted Pikul wrote:Somewhere buried in this thread, there's a story from the 17th or 18th century about a man (a soldier?) who mysteriously appeared in a different country and had no idea how he got there